Please help us find a 1.1Ct!

Rough_Rock

We are Australians trying to find a decent diamond online that will fall in our budget! I have looked and looked and now I am just confused!

We have $5000 AUD to spend. We are looking for a Round Brilliant that has the spread of a 1.1Ct (or more), I or J colour (As long as its white), eye clean diamond ie no cloud (im not fussed about SI2 etc just as long as its predominantly eye clean and sparkles)

Rough_Rock

I probably should clarify the eye clean request, I'm happy for inclusions to be seen under a zoom, and potentially even through the naked eye as long as it doesn't effect its sparkle. I'd actually like the idea of an inclusion of some sort, after all, it is a natural stone This is where I struggle, finding an SI stone and knowing to what extent the inclusions will effect its sparkle and overall clarity? Fluorescence also confuses me :S

Hey Gypsy - this will be more than a 'stretch' - before applicable taxes they'll be looking at over 6k just with the exchange rate
ItcheePheet - hey mate - I'm in the trade so I can't recommend anything in particular (against the forum rules), but know that there are some nice I/J SI1/2 1.10-1.15ct goods out there that are eye clean with nice make for +/- 5k AUD all up...you might just need to expand your search.
Also, if you buy from overseas, keep in mind exchange rates / gst / duty (if set into jewellery) / shipping & entry charges / etc.
Hope this helps

Shiny_Rock

Hi - duty is not charged on loose diamonds, so if you had one set here you wouldn't pay it - - however finished jewellery that is brought into the country would require an additional 5%.
Off-sizes like what you want are pretty scarce on the best of days - so while there are some goods in the size/price that you're looking at, if you dropped a bit in carat weight (1.00-1.05), you would have many more options available to you - and you won't necessarily be losing that much in the way of face-up mm size.
Hope this helps

Shiny_Rock

I probably should clarify the eye clean request, I'm happy for inclusions to be seen under a zoom, and potentially even through the naked eye as long as it doesn't effect its sparkle. I'd actually like the idea of an inclusion of some sort, after all, it is a natural stone This is where I struggle, finding an SI stone and knowing to what extent the inclusions will effect its sparkle and overall clarity? Fluorescence also confuses me :S

It is unlikely that inclusions in SI2 are going to impact the sparkle by any significant margin. Unless the stone has a lot of cloud inclusions. Usually the retailer would be able to confirm this with their supplier.

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